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The Philadelphia Eagles are going to go down as one of the big winners of the 2023 NFL Draft. While it’s rare that you can safely say this in the middle of round one, the reigning NFC champions managed to add to their already stout defense by moving up one spot to select Jalen Carter, an indomitable defensive tackle prospect out of the University of Georgia.

There are some who believe that Carter is the best player in the 2023 NFL Draft, so for the Eagles to acquire him at all is a coup. Add in that they only had to trade up one spot — they sent the No. 10 pick and a 2024 fourth-round selection to move up — and it’s a home run for Philadelphia, which now has a tailor-made replacement for Fletcher Cox when his time with the team is over.

Of course, not everyone is happy about this. Here is Micah Parsons, who plays for the Dallas Cowboys and therefore has to deal with the Eagles twice a season, getting very upset during Bleacher Report’s NFL Draft show, saying that he is sick to his stomach watching Philly add a player of Carter’s caliber.

To add insult to injury, Bleacher Report had Eagles receiver A.J. Brown call in and tell Parsons that he should “just be a Philadelphia Eagle at this point.” Our hunch is that the Dallas Cowboys are not going to trade Micah Parsons (who is, it must be noted, a Pennsylvania native) to the Philadelphia Eagles, but if that changes, we’ll let you know.

The Philadelphia Eagles are going to go down as one of the big winners of the 2023 NFL Draft. While it’s rare that you can safely say this in the middle of round one, the reigning NFC champions managed to add to their already stout defense by moving up one spot to select Jalen Carter, an indomitable defensive tackle prospect out of the University of Georgia.

There are some who believe that Carter is the best player in the 2023 NFL Draft, so for the Eagles to acquire him at all is a coup. Add in that they only had to trade up one spot — they sent the No. 10 pick and a 2024 fourth-round selection to move up — and it’s a home run for Philadelphia, which now has a tailor-made replacement for Fletcher Cox when his time with the team is over.

Of course, not everyone is happy about this. Here is Micah Parsons, who plays for the Dallas Cowboys and therefore has to deal with the Eagles twice a season, getting very upset during Bleacher Report’s NFL Draft show, saying that he is sick to his stomach watching Philly add a player of Carter’s caliber.

To add insult to injury, Bleacher Report had Eagles receiver A.J. Brown call in and tell Parsons that he should “just be a Philadelphia Eagle at this point.” Our hunch is that the Dallas Cowboys are not going to trade Micah Parsons (who is, it must be noted, a Pennsylvania native) to the Philadelphia Eagles, but if that changes, we’ll let you know.

In recent years, running backs going early in the first round have become a rarity, typically reserved for a select few that boast rare physical tools and piled up ridiculous production at the college level in one of the power conferences.

However, the 2023 NFL Draft is maybe showing a shift in running back valuation as two backs went off the board in the first 12 picks, marking the first time that’s happened since 2017 when Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette went early in the first round. The first back off the board came as little surprise, as Texas star Bijan Robinson went to the Atlanta Falcons with the 8th overall selection. While some quibbled with the value at No. 8 just based on running backs as a whole, no one doubted Robinson’s talent, as many had him as a top-5 player on their big board (stripping away positional value).

When the Detroit Lions, who had traded down with the Cardinals from No. 6 to No. 12, arrived on the clock no one was expecting a second back to come off the board, but Detroit shocked just about everyone when they selected Jahymr Gibbs out of Alabama.

You can see the surprise from the NFL Network booth, as no one can quite believe another back came off the board, even one as talented as Gibbs. The Alabama standout (who starred at Georgia Tech prior to transferring to Tuscaloosa) figured to be in play late in the first round for contending teams looking for an elite pass catcher out of the backfield, but no one had him pegged as a top-12 pick. Detroit clearly was going off their board and no one else’s with this pick, and will look to replace Jamaal Williams’ production with Gibbs, as they add another Alabama playmaker to last year’s first round pick, receiver Jameson Williams.

The stunning part isn’t just the sudden run on running backs early, but that two backs were taken before a single receiver went off the board. In a pass-happy league, we usually see multiple receivers drafted before a single back, but this year the tables were turned and Gibbs and Robinson broke the trend and shattered mock drafts everywhere.

The Arizona Cardinals were busy on Thursday night in Kansas City, as they were making moves all over the board in the early goings of the 2023 NFL Draft. First, they moved down from No. 3 to No. 12 in a trade with the Texans, gathering the 33rd overall pick, a 2024 first, and a 2024 third rounder in the process.

From there, after Anthony Richardson went fourth and Devon Witherspoon went fifth, they got back on the phones and landed the No. 6 pick from Detroit, sending the 12th pick they just acquired along with the 34th overall pick in the second round to the Lions in order to select Paris Johnson Jr., the star offensive tackle from Ohio State.

The Cardinals were in a bit of an odd spot picking third overall, but as the lone team in the top-4 without a need at quarterback, they were allowed to shuffle the deck a bit and slide back to land the offensive tackle they coveted. There had been noise that Kyler Murray, who will miss time next season after tearing his ACL in December, had been lobbying for Johnson to be the pick, as he was hopeful to get some more protection on the left side of the line.

Arizona obliged their star quarterback by getting his preferred tackle, who they had to jump the Raiders to land. For Detroit, there was an expectation they would be targeting Witherspoon given their need at corner after trading Jeff Okudah to Atlanta earlier this offseason, but when he went off the board, they started thinking big picture and slid back six spots and picked up another early second round pick to continue rounding out their roster. Detroit now has the 12th, 18th, 34th, 48th, and 55th selections in the first two rounds of the Draft.

Earlier this month, Black Thought And El Michels Affair shared their collaborative album, Glorius Game, which features Black Thought rapping over music produced and played by the lattermost band. Last night (April 26), the supergroup made an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and performed the album’s title track.

During the performance, Black Thought & El Michels Affair were joined by singer Kirby, as Black Thought rapped over the band’s jazzy, soulful instrumentals.

“My mind is hard to explain / Call y’all all aboard for this train / I float like a nautilus, mane / Damn, I love this glorious game,” raps Black Thought over a pre-chorus.

Kirby’s soft vocals gave the song a sparkling touch, as she sang “Ooh, these are the glory days / If, and they did it, baby / Back in the day, baby / I swear, these are the glory days.”

With more than three decades in the game, Black Thought has garnered an impressive resume as a member of The Roots, as a solo act, and as a collaborator. But in a recent interview with The Fader, he revealed that he still has a lot he wants to do.

“Most of the things I do I’d be doing whether there was compensation involved or not,” he said. “I’m a creative, an artist. This is what I’ve always been. The medium is ever-evolving. The disciplines cross. I work in different spaces, different fields, but it’s all as a creative and a storyteller, using whatever tools I have at that particular moment to tell the same story.”

You can watch the performance of “Glorious Game” above.

The first two picks of the 2023 NFL Draft went according to plan. The Carolina Panthers, as expected, took Bryce Young out of Alabama at No. 1 overall, while the Houston Texans decided to get their quarterback of the future by selecting C.J. Stroud out of Ohio State with the second selection of the night.

And then, things got weird. The Arizona Cardinals were viewed as a potential trade partner for a team that wanted to get one of the other high-profile QB prospects at No. 3 overall, but instead, we got one heck of a curveball: The Texans decided to move up and get back-to-back picks.

Houston’s big swing led to them acquiring perhaps the best defensive player in the draft. After getting Stroud to be the face of their offense going forward, the team selected Will Anderson Jr. out of Alabama, who should immediately step in and become a force off the edge. It will, unsurprisingly, cost them a pretty penny, as the Texans will reportedly get the Nos. 3 and 105 picks in this year’s draft in exchange for a pair of firsts, a second, and a third.

Anderson was a back-to-back unanimous All-American selection in each of the last two season.

Kelly Clarkson isn’t slowing down on the slaying lately. Today (April 27), she delivered a captivating cover of a Paramore classic as part of the Kellyoke segment of her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show

Joined by an acoustic guitarist, Clarkson, sang “The Only Exception,” which is one of Paramore’s more downtempo ballads, however, Clarkson still delivered powerhouse vocals. These vocals particularly shined through as Clarkson reached the song’s bridge, singing, “I’ve got a tight grip on reality, but I can’t / let go of what’s in front of me here.”

It’s been a busy April for Clarkson. Earlier this month, she released a pair of singles — “Mine” and “Me” — from her upcoming 10th studio album, Chemistry. She also received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations, leading the awards’ talk field. Her electrifying covers alone are proof of why so many people tune in every day.

This summer, she will launch a residency in Vegas, where she will perform new songs from the Chemistry album, as well as some of her several classics.

In the meantime, you can check out the performance of “The Only Exception” above.

Chemistry is out 6/23 via Atlantic. Find more information here.

Kelly Clarkson and Paramore are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Tyler The Creator is clearing out the vault, it appears. Last night (April 26) during a performance at LA’s El Rey Theatre, he delivered a special performance of “Penny,” an unreleased cut recorded during the Call Me If You Get Lost sessions.

The song first surfaced on the web back in February and became an instant fan favorite.

Ahead of the performance, Tyler revealed that he had written the song circa Christmas of 2019, and it was one of the first songs he made for Call Me If You Get Lost. The song was never officially released, however, a clip of the song leaked and went viral on TikTok. However, Tyler remains a good sport over the matter.

He joked with the audience, saying, “I’m gonna do this random song that no one in here has heard.”

Tyler continued, saying that “Penny” is his bodyguard’s favorite song, and chose to include it in the setlist as a gift to him.

While you won’t be able to find a studio version of “Penny” on streaming platforms, you can still find other leftovers from Call Me If You Get Lost. Last month, Tyler released Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale, which featured outtakes from the critically-acclaimed 2021 album.

You can check out a clip of the “Penny” performance above.

Not that we need an excuse to enjoy a crushable, crisp, easy-drinking Mexican beer, but Cinco de Mayo is coming up fast. And pairing tacos, burritos, and any manner of cheesy, meaty, spicy Mexican foods with a traditional Mexican lager, pilsner, or Vienna-style lager is a no-brainer. Sure, the “Mexican beer” convo often starts and ends with the wildly popular Corona — but is that brand really the best? Doubtful.

This year, instead of simply traipsing through your local beer or grocery store and grabbing whatever Mexican lager you see vibrantly displayed on an end cap, why not journey with us on a tried and true blind taste test? We picked readily available Mexican lagers, pilsners, and lighter-style beers so that the tasting class was as similar as possible. Then we blindly nosed and tasted each beer, taking into account the various aromas and flavors (or lack thereof).

Keep scrolling to see how everything turned out and whether your favorite beer got praised or dunked on.

The Lineup:

• Pacifico Clara
• Corona Extra
• Modelo Especial
• Estrella Jalisco
• Carta Blanca Original
• Victoria
• Sol Cerveza
• Dos Equis Lager Especial
• Tecate Lager
• Bohemia Pilsner

Part 1: The Taste

Taste #1

Tasting Notes:

Corn, light skunk, cereal grains, light citrus, and honey are prevalent on the nose. The palate is all skunk, yeast, grass, lemon, honey, cereal grains, and sweet corn. It might seem like I listed a lot of flavors, and I did but… it’s still overall fairly muted, albeit highly crushable.

Taste #2

Tasting Notes:

The nose is all toasted malts caramel, sweet corn, and floral, earthy hops. The palate follows suit with more caramel, toasted malts, and floral hops. It might seem like this beer has a ton of balance. But it’s also fairly sweet and malty, and not overly exciting.

The finish is dry, crisp, and sweet.

Taste #3

Tasting Notes:

Complex aromas of herbal, earthy, floral hops followed by toasted malts, cereal grains, sweet corn, orange peels, and lager yeast greeted me before my first sip. This definitely intrigued me. Sipping it revealed notes of yeasty bread, flaked corn, clover honey, orange peel, and herbal, earthy, floral hops. It’s bright, snappy, and crisp, but also sweet and malty.

Taste #4

Tasting Notes:

Here’s yet another beer that smells like almost nothing. If I had to reach, I’d say there was some corn and maybe grassy hops. But really nothing else. The palate doesn’t even help. There’s more corn, grass, and maybe some citrus. Overall, this beer is extremely muted, boring, and sweeter than a beer should be.

Taste #5

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, I found faint aromas of sweet corn, cereal grains, boiled sweets, and grassy hops. It sounds like a lot was going on, but there really isn’t. Drinking it reveals a little more flavor. Corn, caramel malts, grass, and lightly herbal, floral flavors. It’s more exciting than some beers on the list, but overall, fairly watery.

Taste #6

Tasting Notes:

Light skunk, sweet corn, cereal grains, honey, caramel malts, citrus, and a nice kick of floral, earthy hops make for a memorable nose. The palate continues this trend with a little more skunk, barnyard hay, cereal grains, sweet corn, bready malts, citrus, and floral hops.

It might not seem like it — because maybe there aren’t as many notes — but this was one of the most flavorful, memorable beers I drank all day.

Taste #7

Tasting Notes:

This yellow, fizzy beer has little to no aroma on the nose. I really tried and I found the faintest hint of sweet corn. Really, that was it. It even smelled a bit stale. The taste wasn’t much better. There was more sweet corn, but it tasted kind of generic. Almost like someone made some kind of corn candy or something else sugary sweet and then let it soak in a beer for whatever reason.

All in all, this was a pretty awful beer.

Taste #8

Tasting Notes:

On the nose, I found yeasty bread, light skunk, cracker-like malts, and corn. There’s more of the same on the palate. It’s made up of notes of freshly made bread, a bit of skunk, sweet corn, and some floral, earthy hops. It’s unoffensive, but not something to write your pen pal about.

Taste #9

Tasting Notes:

A nose of cereal grains, sweet corn, honey, lemon peels, and floral, earthy hops greeted me before my first sip. Drinking it revealed notes of bready malts, sweet corn, cereal grains, more honey, lemongrass, and floral, bright hops. It’s well-balanced, sweet, crisp, with little to no bitterness.

Taste #10

Tasting Notes:

The nose is citrus peels, yeasty bread, corn, grass, hay, and floral hops. It’s a fairly inviting nose that made me want to take a big sip. The flavor is surprisingly sweet, but not cloying. There are more bready malts, sweet grains, honey, and a surprisingly candied orange peel flavor. It ends with a dry, lightly bitter, floral flourish that makes you want to crack open another.

Part 2: The Rankings

10) Sol Cerveza (Taste 7)

ABV: 4.5%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Named for the sun, this crisp, refreshing lager has been produced since 1899. This 4.5% ABV Mexican lager is known for its simple, no-frills, easy-going flavor profile. There’s not much to it, but that’s the point.

Bottom Line:

Sol Cerveza is exactly what it’s advertised as. It’s a light, easy-to-drink lager with little to no discernible flavor. It goes down easy because it literally tastes like nothing.

9) Corona Extra (Taste 4)

ABV: 4.6%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

When it comes to Mexican beer, there are none more famous than Corona. Heavily advertised, Corona is a household name whether or not you’re a big beer drinker. The most popular imported beer in the US, it’s known for its crisp, simple, refreshing flavor.

Bottom Line:

I wasn’t surprised to see that this was Corona Extra. It’s possibly the most overrated beer of all time. How could a beer be considered “good” if in order to even want to drink it you have to have a lime wedge?

8) Estrella Jalisco (Taste 5)

ABV: 4.5%

Average Price: $12 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Another sessionable (4.5% ABV), no-frills, crisp pilsner, Estrella Jalisco might not have the name recognition of some of the beers on this list. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t receive the same amount of respect. It’s known for its easy-drinking flavor profile and no bitterness.

Bottom Line:

Estrella Jalisco isn’t a horrible beer. It’s also not even close to a good beer. It’s almost flavorless but crushable. It’s okay.

7) Carta Blanca Original (Taste 1)

ABV: 4.5%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Carta Blanca sounds like an exciting name for a beer, but just like Boca Raton, Florida translates to “Rat Mouth”, this beer’s name means “white card”. First brewed in 1890, it’s known for its corny, malty, sweet, easy-drinking flavor profile.

Bottom Line:

It’s still mostly fizzy corn water though. Slightly better than some of the other fizzy corn waters on this list.

6) Victoria (Taste 2)

ABV: 4%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

While many well-known Mexican beers (including many on this list) are classic, crisp lagers or pilsners, Victoria is a Vienna-style lager. The oldest beer brand in Mexico (it was first brewed in 1865), Victoria is known for its toasted malt and sweet caramel flavors.

Bottom Line:

This is a decent, highly drinkable beer. It’s well-balanced with malts and hops. It’s just more on the sweeter side than I prefer.

5) Dos Equis Especial (Taste 8)

ABV: 4.2%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Dos Equis was first brewed back in 1987. But it wasn’t a Mexican-born brewer who created this now iconic brand. In fact, it was a German-born brewer named Wilhelm Haase who, after immigrating to Mexico, decided to brew a beer that took a little from the old world and his new home country. The result was this 4.2% ABV, crisp, sessionable pilsner.

Bottom Line:

I didn’t really know where Dos Equis would land on this list. I have fond memories of drinking it, but I couldn’t really tell you if it’s a good beer or not. It’s easy to drink and washes down Mexican food quite well. That’s about it.

4) Pacifico Clara (Taste 9)

ABV: 4.4%

Average Price: $10 for a six-pack

The Beer:

This popular beer’s history begins way back in 1900 when a group of German-born brewers began brewing beer in the Mexican port city of Mazatlán. Unsurprisingly, this crisp, easy-drinking pilsner made its way to the US when a group of Americans, surfing in Baja found Pacifico and brought it back to the US. Since then, drinkers have been enjoying this light, crisp, sessionable lager.

Bottom Line:

There’s a reason drinkers love Pacifico. It’s crisp, sweet, malty, and very well-balanced. It’s a can’t-miss Mexican lager.

3) Modelo Especial (Taste 10)

ABV: 4.4%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

One of the most highly-regard Mexican beers, Modelo Especial is a 4.4% ABV lager known for its clean, crisp, thirst-quenching flavor profile. Made with simple ingredients like barley malt, water, non-malted cereal grains, and hops, it’s sweet, citrusy, and highly refreshing.

Bottom Line:

Crisp, easy-drinking, and refreshing. Yet, it’s surprisingly well-balanced and flavorful. Modelo Especial is definitely a beer you’ll want to have in your fridge on Cinco de Mayo and every other day of the year.

2) Tecate Original (Taste 6)

ABV: 4.5%

Average Price: $8 for a six-pack of 16-ounce cans

The Beer:

First brewed in 1944, this Mexican classic gets its name from the city of Tecate in Baja. It was first brewed as a beer for local miners to enjoy after a long day of work. Brewed the same way since its inception, it’s known for its crisp, refreshing, malty flavor profile. Luckily, you don’t have to work in a cold, dark mine to enjoy it today.

Bottom Line:

Tecate is sweet, lightly skunky (in a good way), malty, and surprisingly balanced for such a crisp, light beer. Definitely, a beer I’ll drink again.

1) Bohemia Pilsner (Taste 3)

ABV: 4.7%

Average Price: $9 for a six-pack

The Beer:

Bohemia Pilsner definitely isn’t a household name like some of the beers on this list. That definitely shouldn’t stop you from trying it. You might be wondering why a Mexican beer is called “Bohemia” — it’s because this sweet, malty, crisp pilsner gets its Stryan hops from the Czech Republic.

Bottom Line:

If you only drink one beer on this list, make it Bohemia Pilsner. It’s the most well-balanced, flavorful beer I drank today. Your friends will be glad that you brought this one to the Cinco de Mayo shindig.

Part 3: Final Thoughts

Rating these beers was not a simple task. Many were thirst-quenching and drinkable but lacked any substance whatsoever. As always, balance was the name of the game. The beers that faired best were flavorful and well-balanced, while still crushable. They still need to be paired with heavy, cheesy Mexican food and a good bit of spice, but you also want to taste something.

Ladies and gentlemen, season two of Bel-Air is now in the books! The show wrapped up its latest season by giving final updates in regard to Will’s basketball career, his love life, Carlton’s personal struggles, Phil and Vivian’s career moves, and more. So far, Bel-Air has been a solid reboot of its well-beloved and classic predecessor. After the show’s first season, Peacock announced that Bel-Air was the most-streamed original series on the streaming service after it reached 8 million accounts, something that could continue after season 2.

Will There Be A Season 3 Of ‘Bel-Air?’

With season two officially done, will Bel-Air fans receive a third season of the show? The answer is yes! The series was renewed for a third season at the halfway mark in season two. It’s still a bit too early to know where things will go next season, but thanks to the season two finale, we have a few ideas.

The last episode in season two of Bel-Air ends with Will and Lisa anticipating a summer in Bel-Air. Will asks Lisa what a summer in Bel-Air is like and her response lets both Will and viewers know that it’ll be a whole lot of fun. Season three could focus exclusively on the summer, jump ahead to the next school year at Bel-Air Academy, or be a mix of both. We’ll just have to wait and see.

All seasons of ‘Bel-Air’ are available to stream on Peacock.